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Incarcerated Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie continues to bolster his 'Bad Azz' rep by piling on charge after charge, while awaiting trial on an initial first-degree murder charge in an Louisiana prison. The rapper, born Torrence Hatch, has been charged, along with two other inmates, for attempting to smuggle codeine syrup -- a Southern rap staple -- into the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola,

Ne-Yo is used to raking in big bucks for his performances but a judge ruled Tuesday (August 24) that he will have to pay for missing one. According to reports the R&B singer and his booking agent will fork over upwards of $156,000 for failing to show up at a New Year's Eve celebration in Washington state back in 2008. ...

After much speculation as to whether she would receive legal repercussions over her controversial 'Window Seat' video, singer Erykah Badu has been officially charged with disorderly conduct for filming herself walking naked on a crowded Dallas street, without the consent of the city...

Lawyers for dancehall artist Buju Banton, who was recently arrested for attempting to buy cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer, are claiming that the United States government set the singer up. Buju's high-profile lawyers, David Oscar Markus and David Seitles have released a statement contending that the DEA used a paid informant to entrap the singer, pressuring him to purchase the

Hip-hop BFF's Method Man and Redman recently discussed their wildest tour stories with 247HH.com. In the video, Meth recounts a tale about two women named Elle and Michelle, drinking on the strip in Memphis, getting chased through a T.G.I. Friday's by police and, and how Redman helped him escape a weed charge while the cops weren't looking...

Rapper Lil Wayne, who seriously does not need any more legal problems, was detained by United States Border Patrol in Texas yesterday, when members of his entourage were found with marijuana. The troubled rapper, who already faces a year-long prison sentence for a gun charge in New York, was forced to cancel his show at the Laredo Entertainment Center, in Laredo, Texas, last night, after he and 11

Former Geto Boy Willie D pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a Houston court on Friday (Dec. 18). The 42-year-old Texas rap legend was arrested back in May at the Bush/Intercontinental Airport and accused of having scammed close to 30 people of over $132,000 through his front company Texas One Wireless, which sold iPhones and related electronics in bulk on eBay, then never delivered the goods... Read